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I'd rather have friends who care than friends who agree with me.

~Arlo Guthrie

Topics: Agree Care Friends Me Rather Than Who

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There's only one God. Call him whatever you want.

~Arlo Guthrie

Topics: Call God Him Only Want Whatever You

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We would turn everything into songs in those days.

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Topics: Days Everything Songs Those Turn Would

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Building walls isn't going to work in the long run. Some people are happy with the wall in Israel, but somebody will get a weapon someday and knock it over or something. Walls aren't the answer between countries, though.

~Arlo Guthrie

Topics: Answer Between Building Countries Get Going Happy Israel Knock Long Long Run Over People Run Some Some People Somebody Someday Something Though Wall Walls Weapon Will Work

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Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.

~Arlo Guthrie

Topics: Accept Also Another Challenge Challenges Eagerly Everyone Express Only Other Own People Person Point Point Of View Responsibility Serving Terms Those Tolerate Understanding View Your

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I don't do anything on stage that allows me to become a trained seal, where you're just doing the same thing over and over.

~Arlo Guthrie

Topics: Anything Become Doing Just Me Over Same Same Thing Seal Stage Thing Trained Where You

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My only description for me is that there's no throwaway people. That's the creed that I live by. It doesn't matter if I'm singing or not. That's the kind of person that my father and mother wanted me to be. The end obligation is to make people feel good about who they are.

~Arlo Guthrie

Topics: About Creed Description End Father Feel Feel Good Good Kind Live Make Matter Me Mother Obligation Only People Person Singing Wanted Who

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My mother had introduced me to a lot of my father's friends because she believed that I would get to know the guy my dad was better through his friends than just in the hospital visits.

~Arlo Guthrie

Topics: Because Believed Better Dad Father Friends Get Guy Had His Hospital Introduced Just Know Lot Me Mother She Than Through Visits Would

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People were talking about songs of the common man in order to make the common man. With Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly, they were so common it was just uncommon.

~Arlo Guthrie

Topics: About Belly Common Common Man Just Lead Make Man Order People Songs Talking Uncommon Were Woody

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My dad's songs were really written to make certain people feel as though they had some kind of value. Because they were told from where they work and from the countries they had immigrated from that they did not.

~Arlo Guthrie

Topics: Because Certain Countries Dad Did Feel Had Kind Make People Really Some Songs Though Value Were Where Work Written

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: July 10th, 1947

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